Saturday, January 14, 2023

GOOD LUCK! 2023 Blues Music Award Nominees (including local & Canadian acts)


Below is a complete list of nominees

Click for the winners

* signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records

Acoustic Blues Artist

Acoustic Blues Album

Blues Rock Album
Piano 
Traditional Blues Album
Traditional Blues Female Artist
Traditional Blues Male Artist
Emerging Artist Album

Album

  • The Blues Don’t Lie, Buddy Guy
  • Hard Times, John Primer
  • Done Come Too Far, Shemekia Copland
  • May Be the Last Time, John Németh
  • Leave the Light On, The Love Light Orchestra

Band
  • Anthony Geraci & The Boston Blues All-Stars
  • John Németh and the Blue Dreamers
  • Rick Estrin and the Nightcats
  • Southern Avenue
  • Tedeschi Trucks Band
Bass
  • Bob Stroger
  • Danielle Nicole
  • Larry Fulcher
  • Michael “Mudcat” Ward
  • Willie J. Campbell
Blues Rock Artist
  • Albert Castiglia
  • Joanne Shaw Taylor
  • Tinsley Ellis
  • Tommy Castro
  • Walter Trout
Contemporary Blues Album
  • Blues Without You, Larry McCray
  • Done Come Too Far, Shemekia Copeland
  • Hard to Kill, Janiva Magness
  • I Ain’t Playin’, Diunna Greenleaf
  • The Blues Don’t Lie, Buddy Guy
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
  • Beth Hart
  • Janiva Magness
  • Ruthie Foster
  • Teresa James
  • Vanessa Collier
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
  • Chris Cain                                                                                                                                  
  • Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
  • Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
  • Ronnie Baker Brooks
  • Selwyn Birchwood
Drums
  • Chris Layton
  • Cody Dickinson
  • Derrick D’Mar Martin
  • Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
  • Tony Braunagel

Entertainer 

  • Bobby Rush
  • Eric Gales
  • Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
  • Sugaray Rayford
  • Tommy Castro

Guitar
  • Chris Cain
  • Christoffer “Kid” Andersen
  • Joanna Connor
  • Kirk Fletcher
  • Laura Chavez
Harmonica
  • Billy Branch
  • Bob Corritore
  • Dennis Gruenling
  • Jason Ricci
  • John Németh
Horn
  • Deanna Bogart
  • Greg Piccolo
  • Jimmy Carpenter
  • Mark Kaz Kazanoff
  • Sax Gordon Beadle
Song
  • “Great Minds Drink Alike” Written by Jeff Schroedl
  • “I Want My Crown” Written by Eric Gales, Joe Bonamassa, & James House
  • “The Blues Don’t Lie” Written by Tom Hambridge
  • “The Last Time” Written by John Németh
  • “Too Far To Be Gone” Written by John Hahn & Will Kimbrough
Soul Blues Album
  • Golden Girl, Trudy Lynn
  • Heartache by the Pound, Kirk Fletcher
  • In Too Deep, Sugaray Rayford
  • Leave the Light On, The Love Light Orchestra
  • Progeny, Kat Riggins
Soul Blues Female Artist
  • Annika Chambers
  • Kat Riggins
  • Thornetta Davis
  • Trudy Lynn
  • Vaneese Thomas
Soul Blues Male Artist
  • Billy Price
  • Curtis Salgado
  • Don Bryant
  • John Németh
  • Johnny Rawls
Vocals
  • Curtis Salgado
  • Danielle Nicole
  • Diunna Greenleaf
  • John Németh
  • Shemekia Copeland

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